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Synonyms YV

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Daitch-Mokotoff soundex

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Record Group: Relevant mostly for researchers familiar with the Yad Vashem Archives and for archivists: The record group the item belongs to, e. g. O.33 (if known)

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Submitter Name: Provenance: The name of the person or institution which submitted the materials to the Yad Vashem Archives (if known)

"aktions" in the Ghettos

Burial Units in Ghettos and Camps

Deportation Trains

Executions

Fire

Food Rationing

Forced Labor

Friedel Fritz

Contribution

Aktions

Deportation to Auschwitz

Escape From an Aktion

Cemeteries

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Murder of Jews

Hiding From Deportation

Hiding Place

Liquidation of a Ghetto

Compensation

German Physicians

Hospitals

Jewish Armed Resistance

Ghettos

Jewish Combat

Children

Evacuation

Deportation to Camps